Somerton Randle SOMERTON • SOMERSET

A classical Grade II Listed Georgian country house in a parkland setting

Glastonbury 8 miles • Castle Cary 10 miles • Sherborne 14.5 miles • Taunton 19 miles • Bath 30 miles (All distances are approximate) A classical Accommodation Drawing room • Morning room • Dining room • Kitchen • Conservatory • Laundry • Utility • Gym • Sauna Sitting/Games room • Snooker room • Cellars Grade II Listed Office • Ten bedrooms • Nine bathrooms (seven en-suite)

Coach House Drawing room • Sitting room • Dining room • Farm house kitchen • Utility room Georgian Six bedrooms • Four bathrooms (one en-suite) Clock Tower Cottage country house Sitting room • Kitchen • Two bedrooms • Bathroom

Courtyard Cottage Sitting room • Kitchen • Three bedrooms • Bathroom in a parkland Lodge Cottage Sitting room • Kitchen • Cellar • Two bedrooms • Bathroom setting Grade II Listed stables and outbuildings • Garaging for six vehicles • Gardens • Tennis court • Swimming pool Grain storage • Modern farm building • Arable land • Paddocks • Woodland • Lake

About 89 acres (36 hectares) in total

Situation Somerton Randle is situated on the edge of Somerton which has a good range of local shops and services including butchers, a baker, beauticians, a health food shop, florist, small super market, dentist, surgery and a number of pubs. The larger centres of Sherborne and Wells are within 15 miles and provide a comprehensive range of services. There is a main line train station at Castle Cary (about 10 miles) with trains to London Paddington (1hr 25 mins). Trains also travel from Yeovil to London Waterloo (2 hrs 20 mins). The A303 is two miles south of Somerton and links to the M3 providing access to London by road (125 miles). Access to Bristol (35 miles), Bath (30 miles) and the West Country is via the A39, A37 and the M5; junction 25 at Taunton (19 miles) and junction 23 at Bridgewater (17 miles).

Education Schools in the area include an infant and junior school in Somerton and a secondary school at Langport. There are preparatory schools at Hazelgrove in Sparkford, Millfield in Street, and Port Regis at Shaftesbury. Public schools include St Mary’s Shaftesbury, Sherborne Boys and Girls, Millfield, the Bruton Schools, Wells Cathedral School, Taunton and Downside.

Recreation There are race courses at Wincanton, Bath and Salisbury; hunting is with the Mendip Farmers and Blackmore and Sparkford Vale. There are golf courses at Long Sutton, Wheathill at Lydford on Fosse, Yeovil, Sherborne and Wells. Taunton Polo Club has one of the oldest polo grounds located at Orchard Portman, just outside Taunton.

Historical Note The town of Somerton has been populated for over 2000 years having been the capital of Wessex in Roman times. Somerton Randle itself was built on an estate owned by the Pinney family who were merchants from Bristol. The Pinneys are thought to have purchased the land from William de Erleigh in 1783, hence the property originally being known as Somerton Erleigh. The house was built in the late 1700’s and extensively re modelled in the mid 1800’s with the additions of the Clock Tower and stables being completed in the Victorian period, about 1860. The estate remained in the ownership of the Pinney family for over 170 years during which time they developed extensive land drainage and water courses built of Blue Lias Stone. In 1962 they sold Somerton Randle and it was bought by the current owner in 1998. Somerton Randle Somerton Randle is an exceptional Grade II listed Georgian country house protected by its own grounds. The house and all the ancillary accommodation have been extensively and sympathetically refurbished in the last decade, preserving and in some cases restoring the period features. There are six reception rooms including an elegant drawing room with a George III Carrara marble fireplace, a morning room with hand painted wallpaper and a dining room with original decorative painted cornice. On the ground floor is a large family kitchen, conservatory, wine cellar, service rooms, gym and sauna. In the wing are a sitting/games room, snooker room, office and study. Upstairs there is a master bedroom suite, three further bedroom suites, a family bathroom and a further bedroom. The master bedroom suite includes a dressing room and en-suite bathroom. On the mezzanine level there are three bedrooms, of which two are en-suite, and a shower room, as well as a suite of two interconnecting bedrooms which share a bathroom.

Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area House: 1137.0 sq.m. or 12249 sq.ft.

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Storage/Vaults Coach House Courtyard Cottage and Coach House The spacious coach house is constructed of Blue Lias stone under a roman tile roof. The extensive accommodation has recently been refurbished and used as self catering holiday accommodation with three reception rooms and six bedrooms. The layout of the house is such that it can easily be sub divided to create two separate dwellings and is suitable for use as a spacious guest, staff annexe or secondary home.

Courtyard Cottage Courtyard Cottage adjoins the coach house and is flanked by the gardens to three sides and comprises a kitchen, sitting room, three bedrooms and a bathroom.

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Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Coach House: 409 sq.m. or 4405 sq.ft. Courtyard: 89 sq.m. or 955 sq.ft.

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Clock Tower Cottage Clock Tower Cottage is positioned on the west side of the stable yard and comprises a kitchen, sitting room two bedrooms and a bathroom.

Lodge Cottage Lodge Cottage is situated at the head of the drive and comprises an entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms and family bathroom.

Lodge Cottage Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Lodge Cottage: 77 sq.m. or 830 sq.ft.

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Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Clock Tower Cottage and Yard First Floor Cottage: 121 sq.m. or 1305 sq.ft. Yard buildings: 425 sq.m. or 4600 sq.ft.

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Outbuildings Gardens and Grounds The Farmland The traditional buildings form three sides of a square and adjoin Clock The gardens and grounds of Somerton Randle are an important feature There are about 70 acres of arable land and paddocks and 2 acres of Tower Cottage. They include; two garages with roller doors, a further and include wide lawns and herbaceous borders, mature specimen woodland running down to the southern boundary formed by the open fronted four bay garage, stables, workshops and a swimming trees, a vegetable garden, greenhouses, hot house and a swimming River Cary. The arable land has recently been growing wheat, spring pool room. Separate and adjacent to the courtyard are three stables pool and tennis court. The terraced lawns to the south of the house beans and oil seed rape and is currently being contract farmed. with a concrete apron. are divided by hoggin paths. Further down the back drive are two modern farm buildings (23m x To the north of the house lawns stretch to an attractive two acre lake 20m) constructed of steel frame and part block walling with sliding stocked with grass carp which help to aerate and clean the water. The double doors. courtyard garden is positioned between the main house and the coach Adjacent to the building are grain bins with storage for about 650 house; surrounded by buildings on three sides it is sheltered from the tonnes. elements and planted with box hedge and herbaceous borders. A path behind the house leads through a tunnel under the road to a ‘secret’ walled garden.

General Holdover Local Authorities Method of sale The vendor will reserve the right of holdover on the farm buildings for South Somerset District Council, storage purposes for the current farming year. The Council Offices, Brympton Way, Somerton Randle is offered for sale as a whole with vacant possession Fixtures and fittings Yeovil, BA20 2HT on completion. Tel: 01935 462462 Single Farm Payment All those items usually regarded as tenants’ fixtures and fittings are www.southsomerset.gov.uk specifically reserved from the sale. Certain items including some Somerset County Council, The entitlements to the single payment scheme are excluded from the fitted carpets and curtains may be available to a purchaser by separate County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY sale but may be available to the purchaser by separate negotiation. negotiation. The vendor will retain the payment for the current year. Tel: 0845 345 9166 Services www.somerset.gov.uk Normal Entitlements are 26.80 hectares (66.23 acres). All properties have mains water and electricity and private drainage. Other 2.33 hectares (5.75 acres). There is natural gas to the Lodge Cottage. Knight Frank LLP 55 Baker Street London W1U 8AN SOMERTON RANDLE 020 7629 8171 james.crawford @knightfrank.com james.mckillop @knightfrank.com

Knight Frank LLP 15 Cheap Street, Sherborne Dorset DT9 3PU 01935 812236 luke.pender-cudlip @knightfrank.com Wayleaves, easements and rights of way Health and safety before entering the village of Somerton, as the road www.knightfrank.co.uk The property is being sold subject to and with the Given the potential hazards of a working farm we bend to the left and leads downhill, the gates to benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when Somerton Randle are on the right hand side of the rights of way, whether public or private, specifically making your inspection for your own personal safety, road. mentioned or not. There are no existing public rights particularly around the farm buildings. Travelling south on the M5 leave at junction 23 of way across the estate. and follow the A39 towards Glastonbury, Wells and Solicitors Street. After about 7 miles turn right, signposted VAT Wilsons Solicitors LLP, Steynings House, Berhill. Follow this road until you reach a crossroads Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive Summerlock Approach, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RJ with the B3151 and turn right. Continue through of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property, or Compton Dundon and Littleton. As you approach any part of it, or any right attached to it, becomes a Directions (TA11 7HW) Somerton continue under the railway bridge and over chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax From the A303 travelling west; about 12 miles after the River. Continue ahead and as the road leads up will be payable in addition. Wincanton take the A372 towards Langport. After hill the gates to Somerton Randle are on the left hand about 1 mile turn right onto the B3151 towards side of the road before turning the corner. Somerton. Pass Midney and after about half a mile,

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Photographs Dated: August 2015. Particulars Dated: September 2015. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087.